kick start HELP asap

[yamahaman89]

my kick start got harder and harder to kick and 4 sec after that it wont budge whats goin on? help

[mck3]

Was your engine hot when that happened? Maybe she's siezed.

[yamahaman89]

yea she was hot i need help lol its a dirt bike me and my dad bought and i fixed it up and i drove it for bout 15 min and it killed so i kicked it and it was hard to do and i tried again and it dont move at ALL!!!

[trikeman]

uh oh, was there the right amount of oil mixed with the gas? If it's liquid cooled was there enough coolant in there, will it move now after it's all cooled down. Kinda sounds seized to me.

[yamahaman89]

how do i fix that and it was full of oil maybe the oil injetor cloged it was full

[trikeman]

well i've heard of oil injectors failing quite often, so that would be a good bet into what happenen. Have you tried turning it over since it's cooled?

[yamahaman89]

yea she wont budge

[H.M.F.I.C.]

Sounds like it is seized. If you want to be sure you might try to yank off the mag cover and see if you can turn the engine from there. That would let you know if it was in the engine or tranny. It really sounds like engine probs though.

[yamahaman89]

what do u mean take off the mag cover??? and how can i fix this?

[H.M.F.I.C.]

The left side cover is used to seal the magneto from the weather. In the center of the magneto there is a nut. You can put a socket and ratchet on the nut to see of you can turn the engine from there. Don't put out so much that you twist off the crank though. If it is not seized it should turn over quit easy. If you can turn it then you know you have a tranny or kick start problem. If you cant turn it, it is in the engine. You might try to put a little WD-40 down the spark plug hole and work it back and forth from the mag side. Most of the time when they cool down they free up anyway.

[trikeman]

take off the flywheel cover, and try to turn the flywheel. but if the engine is indeed seized, depending on severity of it, you'll probably need a bore job, piston, rings... possible crank, and rod bearings. basically a top-end overhaul.

[yamahaman89]

do u have any idea how much that would cost averagly

[trikeman]

somewhere around $300 give or take a little

[H.M.F.I.C.]

What kind of bike is it?

[yamahaman89]

1975 suzuki 100cc

[yamahaman89]

anyone know how much

[Yamahammer490]

Just for clarification - you kicked it an it kicked hard, so you kicked it again it won't move, right? Did the kicker stop about halfway down its stroke?

I had this happen once and it was caused by the piston ring getting snagged in the exhaust port. Take off your exhaust pipe and shine a flashlight up the exhaust opening you might be able to see it.

If this is the cause AND IF you're lucky it should only cost you a new ring and a few gaskets.